Most of the info you’ll find on hiring is meant for large companies or startups with funding.
What if you’re bootstrapping?
While you’re not going to be competing with Google or Facebook for the same people, you still want developers that can do high quality work to help build your product.
The post that follows covers what I’ve learned about hiring high quality developers while bootstrapping Bidsketch over the last three years.
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Last month Bidsketch had the biggest increase in revenue it’s ever had.
Before that, the biggest increase in revenue came when FreshBooks emailed a million people and mentioned Bidsketch as a new integration. I got so many new sales notifications that day, I thought someone had hacked my server. It was nuts.
Last month’s increase in revenue was double that one.
Conversions and traffic didn’t increase, though. Nope, the reason I saw this kind of growth was because I redesigned my plans and increased pricing for new signups.
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